Fan Outrage Focuses on Saints Row: The Third

With the recent announcement of the new Saints Row: The Third expansion pack, Enter The Dominatrix, fans were outraged. This pack was originally brought to the player’s attention on April 1st as everyone thought it was an April fool’s joke, however, now we have been informed that this is far from a joke. What THQ has is a game that they attempted to make every gamer love instead of having fans of a select genera stick with the franchise. Saints Row: The Third was intended for both fans old and new but in the end it has proven to be a bigger let down to people who previous loved the series, not to mention those who picked up their first Saints Row title as Saints Row: The Third seem to be getting a little burnt out with all the ‘fun’. What is it that drove the diehard fans of the series away from Saints Row: The Third and what is keeping new fans from continuing to love the game?
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I really wish the series was more like how it was in Saints Row 2. i love the humor in the third and i ever love the game but the "over-the-top" stuff they got in it gets old fast :/ i want answers from the first games not a bunch of pointless bull crap lol

i personally loved the saints row 2 (never played 1) for it's take on the "gangster tale" being over the top and crude, but at the same time well written in a fun way. it felt like what action games would have been like if they would have developed straight from the colourful wacky era of video games, it felt fresh in comparison to todays market.

I agree the secret stuff in SR2 left a cliffhanger ending that was never answered in SR3 they should continue that. Or if they are going to do an expansion do a return to stillwater expansion with the SR3 engine.

The other DLC were a giant waste of money I bought the season pass and I wish I didn't this has put me off pre-ordering DLC in the future. Especially as this new DLC doesn't come free with it? That's a joke!

saint row the third. just felt like a bunch of parents was protesting outside THQ, to tone down their next saint row game and make it more kid friendly. what happened to smoking,drinking,drinking and driving,spray paint walls,ect. i hate what they did to it. i wish they go back to how they made saint 1&2 soo good, instead of this garbage.

What they did in Saints Row The Third was fun the first few play through's but got old real quick. Some things just ruined the suspension of disbelief, like when you lock onto a car with a rocket launcher and the car just disappears. If you are up high in the air, the cars you see below aren't really there so it does no good to shoot at them.

I don't want to be that person, but I believe the word the author is looking for here is "genre."

I loved SR3 - while sometimes it seemed over the top, it did so in a way that was decidedly toned down. Riding around town with a tiger in the passenger's seat felt normal for the game. Jumping in a fighter-jet and mowing down enemy gangs felt right in tune (if it didn't take all the challenge out of it). It wasn't as if the game threw you into the middle of a city and said "Here ya go, have fun with dildos and rocket bikes."

I can't stand how cartoonish the cars feel and drive. I feel like that is what made me go back to GTA. If you don't want to drive, you don't want to explore the city. And frankly, out of all the SR games- the 3rd game has the worst city of all. Its bland as all hell.

I didn't think SR needed to get any more zanier than they did in SR2. Nobody was asking for an extremely over-the-top game. It worked fine initially but I agree (and especially with all of the DLC packs) it has lost its flavor a bit.